Posted by Declan on August 13, 2005, at 16:19:00 [reposted on August 13, 2005, at 19:22:49 | original URL]
In reply to Re: Amphetamine derivatives for Parkinson's?, posted by linkadge on August 13, 2005, at 2:04:38
There was one book I read that argued that Hitler used amphetamine and occasionally cocaine from 1940 or so on, certainly during and after Stalingrad. It convinced me, but the academic consensus is that it is unproven and the evidence unpersuasive. I forget the name of the book, it had 2 authors, I think.
The idea was that the vitamins he took were in fact amphetamine specially manufactured for him. Plus Dr Morrell, who gets a very bad press but who may have had alternative ideas on treatments. (I dunno how this gels with methamphetamine injections, but as it was an affair of state etc).
And right at the end of the war, after Dr Morrell had gone, I think, he needed treatment of his sinuses which involved repeated doses of cocaine.
The methamphetamine could have damaged his dopamine receptors (oxidative stress?) while according him some relief. The treatment relieves and aggravates the condition, well sometimes anyway.Declan
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